HTML input type=file, get the image before submitting the form
JavascriptHtmlFormsFile IoJavascript Problem Overview
I'm building a basic social network and in the registration the user uploads a display image. Basically I wanted to display the image, like a preview on the same page as the form, just after they select it and before the form is submitted.
Is this possible?
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
Here is the complete example for previewing image before it gets upload.
HTML :
<html>
<head>
<link class="jsbin" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script class="jsbin" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script class="jsbin" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://goo.gl/r57ze"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<input type='file' onchange="readURL(this);" />
<img id="blah" src="#" alt="your image" />
</body>
</html>
JavaScript :
function readURL(input) {
if (input.files && input.files[0]) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function (e) {
$('#blah')
.attr('src', e.target.result)
.width(150)
.height(200);
};
reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);
}
}
Solution 2 - Javascript
function previewFile() {
var preview = document.querySelector('img');
var file = document.querySelector('input[type=file]').files[0];
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onloadend = function () {
preview.src = reader.result;
}
if (file) {
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
} else {
preview.src = "";
}
}
<input type="file" onchange="previewFile()"><br>
<img src="" height="200" alt="Image preview...">
Solution 3 - Javascript
this can be done very easily with HTML 5, see this link http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/
Solution 4 - Javascript
I feel we had a related discussion earlier: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4094012/how-to-upload-preview-image-before-upload-through-javascript